Audio Conference on LR Forums Join the FLRA's Michael Wolf on Nov. 17 for insider's guidance on creating a forum that adds real value to your labor-management relations. (Advertisement) Version 1.0.0 (12) Copyright © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Support Source: Attribution goes here Daily Headlines for November 9, 2010 | Political Correctness and the Federal Workforce | Has America become too politically correct or do we still have further to go? About 2500 readers expressed their view on a topic that generated one of the most uniform responses we have had in our survey results--even though the answers were not always politically correct.
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| "Transparency" is Just a Word | "The Bush administration wasn’t known for its transparency, but OPM was far more open to the public and the press then than it is today. These days, OPM’s strategy appears to be, ignore all inquiries until bad publicity and embarrassment dictate otherwise. That is, unless you want to talk about bike shares, food drives and fitness campaigns...."
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| Government Shutdown? |  | "Last week's elections have drawn a number of comparisons to the 1994 midterms, which were, indeed, followed by a shutdown a year later. Here are the latest thoughts on whether a shutdown might be in the cards, and why."
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| Shaping the Federal Debt |  | Rand Paul, the newly elected Kentucky senator who received ardent Tea Party backing, said the movement’s success was "equal parts chastisement" to Democrats and Republicans. He "would reduce the federal work force and its wages by 10 percent and freeze hiring. He said an average federal worker earns $120,000 in wages and benefits a year, twice what an average worker in the private sector earns."
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| What Travel Allowance? | Some of the nation's top federal prosecutors have been skirting travel regulations, opting for accommodations well above the government's budget with little or no justification, according to the Justice Department's inspector general.
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| Hundreds of Hearings |  | California Rep. Darrell Issa is eyeing an expansion of oversight, including hundreds of hearings; creating new subcommittees; and launching fresh investigations. "Our committees have some areas of primary jurisdiction, including the federal work force, procurement and the Postal Service."
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| Saving Money on Health Care Costs | The amount taken out of your paycheck for health insurance every pay period can be very deceiving to federal employees. A very unwelcome surprise.
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